Guggenheim Ultra Short Income ETF

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Advisors and investors of all kinds are used to closely watching the outcome of each of the Federal Reserve's meetings, given how critical interest rates are to equity and fixed income markets alike. However, the recent July Fed meeting was particularly crucial.

It goes without saying at this point that one of the trickier parts of building a fixed income portfolio is figuring out duration positioning. This is doubly true when we sit in a period of macroeconomic uncertainty, like we do right now.

Ever since tensions ratcheted up in the Middle East earlier this year, inflation has resurfaced as a primary concern for advisors and investors alike. As such, every monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) report is highly anticipated, serving as the ultimate benchmark for tracking inflation.